Ofsted for MPs

In view of the government's conviction that Ofsted, Sats and league tables have been so effective in "driving up standards" in schools (500 schools would fail to meet proposed new GCSE targets, January 11), surely the time has come for an Ofstamp to do the same excellent job for MPs, with a standardised attainment test on entry to the house, regular tests at intervals thereafter, annual league tables to give constituents a basis for an "informed choice" and an understanding that a grading of "satisfactory" is not satisfactory and that merely to maintain a grading of "good" may only be evidence of "coasting". Perhaps, too, we need an Ofmin to do the same for ministers, who would have to accept that, like heads of schools, they are liable to lose their jobs if their department is thought to be "failing", however dubious the judgment. Finally, how about an Ofcab to raise standards in the cabinet?
Geoffrey Stone Crewe, Cheshire